Snap Warrumbungle for science

Take and share photos of Warrumbungle National Park to see how it’s recovering from fire.

Warrumbungle National Park. Warrumbungle is a Gamilaroi word meaning crooked mountains The next time you visit Warrumbungle National Park, help us keep an eye on how it’s recovering from the devastating 2013 bush fire.

The fire burnt almost 90 per cent of the park, its largest and most intense fire on record.

Track park recovery

Join other citizen scientists to keep an eye on how the park’s recovering.

Take photos from one or all three designated spots in the park with your camera or smartphone, then post them online or use an app.

Your photos will join an online gallery of photos from other citizen scientists.

The online gallery is part of a larger research program to monitor how plants, animals and soils are recovering from the 2013 fire.

How do I get snapping? expand

With a smartphone or tablet

Download the free BioCollect app from iTunes or Google Play and search for the Warrumbungle Snap and Share project.

With a camera

Head straight to any of the three locations in the park.

Where do I take photos? expand

Take photos at any of these locations.

Whitegum Lookout

Look out for white gums, also called inland scribbly gums or Eucalyptus rossii, whose crowns were burnt by the 2013 fire.

The gums began to sprout new leaves within weeks from special epicormic buds under their bark. Eventually, these new shoots develop seeds, which will grow into new trees.

Look out too for Macrozamia cycads, which re sprouted from underground stems two weeks after the fire.

Whitegum Lookout